Question about Frenzy speed...

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Question about Frenzy speed...

According to the weapon speed calculator, if my barb uses 2 phase blades (base speed -30 for both) with a level 30 frenzy, he will reach the max attack speed (5 fps) if his right hand weapon has 35% ias while his left hand weapon has no ias. However, the calculator also shows that if his left hand weapon has 35% ias while his right hand has none, he will NOT reach the max attack speed. Note that I also get 20% ias from my gloves.

My question is, does the right-hand weapon really give you more attack speed when using frenzy??I thought frenzy simply averages out the speed of both weapons so the which hand the faster weapon (in this case the weapon with 35% ias) goes in doesn't matter.

 

[krischan]

Re: Question about Frenzy speed...

IAS is irrelevant for the secondary weapon, it just depends on the base speed, so you can wear a weapon with 0%IAS with it. That makes weapon combos like BotD (60%IAS) + Death (0% IAS) very effective because they combine so nicely.

I'm not sure which weapon is regarded as the primary one, however, either the one you equip first or the right one (i.e. the one shown at the left of the equipment window). The barb forum should have the answer on that question.

 

[In the name of Zod]

Re: Question about Frenzy speed...

Tip: If you switch weapons you will find the primary weapon will always reset back to the weapon held in the barbs right hand (our left) [in the equip-window] regardless which one was planted last.

Yes, it averages the 'base-speed' of both weapons then adds the weapon-ias from the primary only as Krishan said. All off-weapon ias and skill based ias adds next.